Powell definitely dropped that...

No but I don't think it's fair for me to say who it is either unless the club announce it. I presume last time the player didn't want it known so this could be the same. Rubbish situation for all clubs.

Your defence has been top notch tonight. Fair play.

Few too many errors, but thankfully our defence was superb

You men play like that for the rest of the season and you’ll not be at the bottom long. Here’s hoping you can get a few more bodies back.

Majority of the game was Havard, Sharrocks and Partington as our middle 3 against grown men with plenty of super league experience. Was it perfect ? Nope. But this experience is invaluable.

French outstanding again.

Gildart best game since return, his carries were really good.

Rest all the semi final team on Tuesday.

Some really good scores tonight. A joy to watch French with that amazing side step. Gilly made some good breaks and hard yards. Faz was just Faz that's what we come to expect from him. Got to mention Bibby and his two try saving tackles. Defence was solid in the second half and was what won us the game. Credit to Wakefield they were unlucky on several occasions and looked dangerous in attack.

Shorrocks has been superb since coming in to the team. I can’t help but feel that Smithies must be sat out on the sidelines wondering what a big error his ban could be because on this seasons form you cannot give Shorrocks place back to him. I’m a huge fan of Smithies and feel he’ll go on and captain us and possibly England but he had his first poor spell as a first team player after lockdown and guys like Shorrocks, Partington and Havard shouldn’t lose their spots anytime soon.

It’s a great problem to have!

I’m not usually one to moan about a referee but I thought Childs was awful tonight. He got some blatant calls massively wrong and as good as Wakefield were, it put us under even more pressure time after time. Nevertheless, we did what we needed to do to win and even with a rotated team that type of gritty performance should give us a boost going into the derby. IMO Joe Shorrocks doesn’t look out of place whatsoever in that first team - great Player!

I'm not knocking Isa's contribution over last few months or the fact he's a very good squad player but when everyone is fit i can't help feeling his i inclusion in team is just going to be holding back the likes of Smithies and Shorrocks to name but two

Child.

I thought we got the rub of the green with the Powell try at one end then the Wakey no try at the other shortly after. Both could, and arguably should, have gone Wakey's way, different game then if we lose 6 points and they gain 6.

Equally, Wakey shouldn't have had the ball for their no try because whilst Tommy knocked it out, Johnstone had knocked on.

Fair enough. I just noticed two massive points related decisions that went our way in quick succession. I thought Powell knocked on for his try, and Bibby knocked the ball back for their disallowed try. Understandable why the Video Ref went with the on field decision for both though.

nope defiantly showing a lack of class in fact that post makes you look a complete utter moran, enjoy your win but it wasn't even of the same quality

Thought our right edge was shocking tonight.

Bibby came up with some decent defensive plays towards the end of the game but other than that poor, Hardaker I though was shocking, didn’t look interested for most of the game and Isa had an off day.

You're right yeah

A win is a win

There were lots of bad decisions both ways. French's knock on when he'd clearly kicked and regathered, Gildart knock on that was clearly stripped plus forward passes in the build up to both their first half tries went against Wigan yet the only one that gets called is for the disallowed try. All instances that changed the tide of play. In the end none of the bad decisions changed the outcome. Wakefield were excellent in defeat but Wigan deserved the victory.

99.7% of people will not suffer a fatality and as "diseases" go that's pretty re assuring. Unfortunatley herd immunity, a system that has seved mankind well for millions of years has now seemingly been abolished by the government.
As for the bug that affected Wigan on that fatefull day at Belle Vue, I'm sure the players and officials are all the stronger for it now, and hopefully immune from further attacks too.

I thought Child was consistent tonight. The pass from Farrell to Burgess wasn’t forward and it was Bibby that knocked on not Johnstone for Tupou’s no try.

As for Powell’s, it was never going to get ruled out due to the on field try decision, and there wasn’t enough evidence to overrule it.

Child did his usual thing of giving one team a load of penalties/set restarts, then the other.

In the end, we just couldn’t crack Wigan’s defence.

Problem is I know there’s going to be more lineup changes again next week. Chester just can’t seem to stick on a 17 for more than a week whether it’s forced due to injuries/covid or not. Hard to get consistency which is why we are where we are, Clearly some bad eggs in the camp which doesn’t help.

Good luck to you lot for the rest of the year.

Hardaker in the centre doesn’t work.

He’s not electric, fast or creative enough for full back either.

Haven’t seen the game (work!!) but from reading the reports it seems we were abit scratchy, hit and miss. Wakey are a dogged side and can dig their heels in so I wasn’t expecting a blow out score to be honest. Happy for the win and it reads like we did it tough.

It felt like ideal preparation for next week IMO. If we’d gone out their and coasted to a 60 point win, it wouldn’t have done us that much good in the grand scheme of things. We came up against a side who looked that determined to put in a shift for the coach and the club that the players were really pushed and had to put full effort in. It was an enjoyable game.

Yep, I’d agree with that. Wakey did what Saints will do in that they’ll come out determined to put a shift in and will push the lads all the way, albeit Saints will be better at it.